Sunday, November 21, 2010

Listen to Nick Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings Are Like

Philosophy Bites (HERE) or Spoken Word (HERE) offer podcasts in which Nicholas Phillipson speaks on “Adam Smith's view of human beings are like” - follow the links and then click on the podcast.

“Nick Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings Are Like”

"Adam Smith, the great thinker of the Scottish Enlightenment, is best known as an economist, and in particular for his idea of the 'invisible hand' which operates to bring about beneficial results that may not have been sought by the people trading. But even his economic thinking is perhaps best understood as part of a broader philosophical project of a science of human beings. Nicholas Phillipson, his acclaimed biographer, discusses Adam Smith's view of human beings in this episode on the Philosophy Bites and Spoken Word podcasts."